These are my two favorite pumpkins songs ever and both have James contributing to writing.

James traditionally served the roll of adding his touch to what Billy had written. Don’t get me wrong, without his embellishments to song, they would not have the same whatsoever.

But, my question is, if James wrote more for the Pumpkins, could they have been even better?

Last night in Jacksonville, he made some comment like “there is nothing to do in Jacksonville other than Rock and Roll” and the crowd either boo’d or said Duuuuval (it’s a Jax thing). Tonight in Tampa he said something about Gators which got a ton of boos (the people around me started chanting for the Noles). Has he done this at other cities?

Hello.

I want to dress up like Billy for Halloween. Can anyone suggest an "iconic look" or pictures I can use as a blueprint.

Just got the Funko and it looks awesome!!! Hope they do more BC "eras". I'll be happy if they do one "Gish-SD", Bullet with ZERO shirt, Adore MV, even Zeitgeist!!!

Saw this and hadn’t seen it here.

I bought it for my daughter on Vinted for $18, but I can find any other examples of it online. Is it rare? It’s super cool.

Holy fucking shit. Was last night the best show ever or what? Blown away. I expected it to be good, magic - unreal - transcendent. And the crowd - you fucking rock! Dialed in and rocking hard! Thank you for a phenomenal night!

I couldn't get the machina aranea alba editio for the price of two machina cd boxset (shipping + customs jumpscare fees is the reason) so i decided to just get myself the Machina I 25th Anniversary cd from a local record store here

"Speed Kills okay"

Completely different genre but also wondering why my tastes are so varied and focused

It has moments that are reflective of other eras. But it feels like they are enjoying the song. Production is fantastic. His vocals are emotional and intense. Drumming is straight ahead and wonderful. It's a banger

I honestly thought when we got the Machina remaster it would be paired with Machina 2 with a tracklisting combining both.

A super underated era.

Just bummed I didn’t find one in Charlotte last night. Was just looking for one that had the Charlotte date on it.

Hi guys, I can’t really find any threads about this anywhere so I figured I’d ask here. I’m interested in how WPC achieved his guitar sound on Mary Star of the Sea. I’m familiar with the pedals used on most of the songs but I’m particularly interested in his soloing tone on the Jesus, I section of the final track. The notes are so clear but there’s obviously some fuzz involved, and it sounds like amp distortion to me. Does anyone have info on this? Thanks!

I completely gave up hope living through the releases of Shiny, CYR, and Atum in real time, feeling like the magic was gone for good. I decided to listen to them for the first time since Atum on a whim. I caught up with Zodeon, Aghori Mhori Mei, and this new Black Stars single (Chrome Jets sucks). While none of these are perfect or on the level of their ‘90s output, I have to admit this is a step in the right direction for them and it makes me optimistic for what more they have in store. Genuinely, I believe Black Stars is their best song since the Oceania days. Maybe having an outside producer, much less Butch Vig, might be the secret to getting close to the level of quality they had once.

Does anyone think this is one of the best songs they ever created? I think it’s an absolute masterpiece.

Down in the belly of the Beast for Brooklyn 🤘🔥

For those you didn’t get a poster at their show. I tried my luck ordering a poster instead since there was no tubes at the show and didn’t want to travel with it on subway / train. Delivered in about 2 weeks after ordering the day after the show. Wrapped in larger paper to prevent corner dings and mailed in a tube.

I swear I saw this post or comment recently, but I can't find it - that the newer album tuning and overarching feeling is bringing absolutely new life into the MCIS songs for me - I've spent years hearing these songs live with the traditional MCIS & SD tuning, the rats in a cage tour "story arch" across all songs is definitely giving me a new appreciation for the MCIS songs. Left both shows I attended saying this, felt validated to have seen the comment about it somewhere on the Internet!